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Why Transport Needs Gender Equality and How to Inspire Women Into the Sector

Recruiting Blogs

The transport and logistics workforce is one of the largest and most vital in the UK, with over 1 million employees. Even more damning is the figure for women in land transport, which is only 14%, while only 1% of truck drivers are women. But in terms of gender split, only 20% of the workforce is female.

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How to Reduce Barriers to Employment for Qualified Candidates

The Staffing Stream

Transportation challenges. While potential applicants might be interested in a position, some candidates may not apply if they feel like the transportation inconveniences are not worth the cost. Between 2017 and 2019, almost 46% of middle-skill occupations experienced material degree resets. Degree requirements. Not always!

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9 Tips for Hiring the Best Seasonal Employees

Social Talent

Consider hiring students, and get your job posts out to sources they see. You might even consider giving a second chance to workers who were let go for minor infractions, particularly missed work due to transportation. Reliable transportation can present obstacles for even motivated entry-level workers. Tap Into Tech.

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By the Numbers: November 1, 2019

BountyJobs

Source: ADP Research Institute & The Wall Street Journal. 33% of 1,000 new small business owner reported having job openings they could not fill (this is almost double the 14% of startups who reported unfilled job openings in 2017). Source: SCORE survey. Source: National Association of Business Economics.

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How ClearCompany’s Recruiting Team is Built to Achieve Hiring Success

ClearCompany Recruiting

But we can’t do that without hiring our own team of A Players — and we've done just that, growing by more than 60% since 2018 thanks to our outstanding recruiting team and their fresh approach to recruiting, sourcing, and staffing their own team. That means you have a recruiter that does everything. ClearCompany Hiring Activity.

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Making Remote Working More Environmentally Friendly

Recruiting Blogs

This shift has had a positive impact on the environment with significantly reduced transport emissions, but how do we continue to improve our footing on eco-friendly work and life? . Remote working has, of course, reduced emissions from transport. This is 25 percent of all transport emissions. In 2016, this score was 49.

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8 Recruiting Secrets for Attracting and Finding Seasonal Temp Workers

MightyRecruiter

Similarly, other sectors, such as warehousing and transportation , experience dramatic increases in openings: The numbers have more than quadrupled over the past decade, from 42,500 in 2006 to over 200,000 this past year. Research shows that workers sourced via employee referral often outperform those sourced through other channels.